Last year, at 9:26, was the biggest pi day of the century (3/14/15 9:26), but this year’s is still pretty good, if you round up. You know you’re in Silicon Valley when people in the grocery store recognize a pi day T-shirt. I was even able to wear the T-shirt to a pi-day geocaching event this morning.

But how is pi day a mundane Monday? I’d say that mathematics is one of the original ways to find beauty in the mundane. This piece of music is a violin solo composed by Steven Rochen, based on the digits of pi to 220 decimal places.

There are circles everywhere, and they are all described by the same ratio of circumference to diameter.

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I am a neuroscientist, educator, geocacher, Unitarian-Universalist, amateur violinist, and parent. I have always been fascinated by how people's brains learn, and especially why this process is easier and more fun for some brains than others. This led me to get a PhD in Neuroscience, work in biotech, and then become a science educator and writer.